Nancy Wake, the French Resistance fighter who became Australia’s most decorated World War II heroine, has died in a London hospital at the age of 98.
Born in New Zealand and raised in Sydney, Ms Wake was nicknamed The White Mouse
by the Gestapo because she was so hard to capture.
She is regarded as a heroine in France, which decorated her with its highest honour, the Legion d’Honneur, as well as three Croix de Guerre and a French Resistance Medal — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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